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the show was by beach blanket babylon and cast of about 1000. mary margaret sanger "getting to know all about you" and you ended the show with your song, "i left my heart in san francisco." you have left it here, but please come back many times because your heart is waiting for you here, and so are we. much love. thank you. >> thank you. >> it has been the height of my career to welcome you here. >> so nice to have you with us again. >> ♪ your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause] >> 50 years of "i left my heart in san francisco." phenomenal. lot of san franciscans have left a big part of their hearts with you, and one of those is the man who leads our world champion san francisco giants. that is championships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new bal
the show was by beach blanket babylon and cast of about 1000. mary margaret sanger "getting to know all about you" and you ended the show with your song, "i left my heart in san francisco." you have left it here, but please come back many times because your heart is waiting for you here, and so are we. much love. thank you. >> thank you. >> it has been the height of my career to welcome you here. >> so nice to have you with us again. >> ♪ your...
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of the once-sprawling city of babylon. the iraqi into equities officials say there is more buried underground -- the iraqi antiquities officials say there is more buried underground. according to the antiquities department, buried behind me is the wall of the ancient city of babylon. it goes down this way, where the oil pipeline stops. the pipeline will carry oil products from basra in the south to baghdad. it is buried out of sight. >> when they laid the old rights, they hardly did anything -- old pipes, they found hardly anything. they lay the third pipe the, thy find nothng. -- nothing. >> the antiquities experts want them diverted. >> there is another problem. the board of the antiquities is working hard to get back a long listed as a protected site. the pipelines could prevent this from happening -- to get babylon listed as a protected site. the pipelines could prevent this from happening. >> dreams of glory have long tended the rulers of this land. today, it is the lower of -- long tempted the rulers of this land. to
of the once-sprawling city of babylon. the iraqi into equities officials say there is more buried underground -- the iraqi antiquities officials say there is more buried underground. according to the antiquities department, buried behind me is the wall of the ancient city of babylon. it goes down this way, where the oil pipeline stops. the pipeline will carry oil products from basra in the south to baghdad. it is buried out of sight. >> when they laid the old rights, they hardly did...
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the ground under the hanging gardens of babylon is quite illustrated. apart from everything else lee's pipelines have been installed a very long time indefinitely and sooner or later there will be oil leaks. in addition to that iraqi officials in the departments. deal with protection of treasures have said they're disturbed by this so i do not see how the iraqi oil ministry the state claims that nothing that is priceless has been damaged and going to be don't know how that can be justified well as you say as you say there's always the threat of an oil leak or some sort of disaster in fact certainly in the region all pipelines have been sabotaged before by militants trying to say their part to the or thirty's . to some degree though you know he we have babylon which could be a tourist hot spot hasn't iraq got a nuff oil fields without also mostly obliterating what we know as the archaeological site of babylon. iraq has one of the. largest oil deposits in the world it's a major oil supplier but you know iraq is once again under tight authoritarian or rule
the ground under the hanging gardens of babylon is quite illustrated. apart from everything else lee's pipelines have been installed a very long time indefinitely and sooner or later there will be oil leaks. in addition to that iraqi officials in the departments. deal with protection of treasures have said they're disturbed by this so i do not see how the iraqi oil ministry the state claims that nothing that is priceless has been damaged and going to be don't know how that can be justified well...
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bbc, babylon. >> today, it became official that dr. jim yong kim will become president of the world bank. it was almost a foregone conclusion once he was tapped by president obama last month. i spoke a short time ago to shaun cassidy of "the new yorker." it has been awhile since we have had a rock star head of the world bank. is he that man? >> if he is, he has been hiding his stardom. all we know is he is an expert in world health. he has spent the last few years in new hampshire where no one has seen him. the obama administration has really pulled him out of obscurity. the most we know about him is how little we know about him at this stage. >> he seems to have faded in public view compared to the international monetary fund, which has gotten so much spotlight. it means that shot in the arm, does it not, the organization at the moment? >> it certainly does. now that the imf is involved in things like the european crisis, the financial crisis, 10 years ago the world bank was quite prominent when people like tony blair and president bu
bbc, babylon. >> today, it became official that dr. jim yong kim will become president of the world bank. it was almost a foregone conclusion once he was tapped by president obama last month. i spoke a short time ago to shaun cassidy of "the new yorker." it has been awhile since we have had a rock star head of the world bank. is he that man? >> if he is, he has been hiding his stardom. all we know is he is an expert in world health. he has spent the last few years in new...
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and thank you, beach blanket babylon. what a wonderful performance. let's give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, "you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to also have fun. isn't this fun? all right. [applause] this is our 50th anniversary of the wonderful song, "i left my heart in san francisco." tony, it is wonderful for you to be here and grace us and honor us with your presence. your 17 grammys are just so unprecedented. you just won two more this past week, and what a wonderful career. congratulations, tony. i want to thank our school of the arts. i want to thank our boys and girls choruses. thank you. wonderful performances. it is a fitting tribute that our boys and girls choruses and ouryouth -- our yout are here today to perform because they reflect tony's dedicated career to ensure the future of arts education. we have seen what he has done and seen what his support is, and he is encouraging youth to be l
and thank you, beach blanket babylon. what a wonderful performance. let's give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, "you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to also have fun. isn't this fun? all right. [applause] this is our 50th anniversary of the wonderful song, "i left my heart in san francisco." tony, it is...
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this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field o
this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red...